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   Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 13:35:14 JST Glyph

   • e. hashman
   • mcc

   @ehashman @mcc it does have a good “does this charity have good financials” score, but good charities in the process of scaling up do very poorly while hideous conversion-therapy scams sometimes do very well — if they have good financials

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     Luis Villa (luis_in_brief@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 13:35:14 JST Luis Villa

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     • e. hashman
     • mcc

     @glyph @ehashman @mcc yeah, there are lots of ways (unfortunately) for sophisticated operations to game those ratings.

     (I think the most creative I’ve seen is Kars4Kids, which double-counts by paying their CEO, then paying their advertising firm, which is… owned by the CEO.)